Award winner Kevin Bacon

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Bacon has been part of casts that have won major awards, like "Mystic River" (ensemble cast -- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards) and "Apollo 13" (performance by a cast -- Screen Actors Guild), but it was the 2009 HBO movie "Taking Chance" that helped him net individual honors. He was nominated for an Emmy (lead actor in a miniseries or a movie) and won a Golden Globe for performance by an actor in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television.

Bacon has been part of casts that have won major awards, like "Mystic River" (ensemble cast -- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards) and "Apollo 13" (performance by a cast -- Screen Actors Guild), but it was the 2009 HBO movie "Taking Chance" that helped him net individual honors. He was nominated for an Emmy (lead actor in a miniseries or a movie) and won a Golden Globe for performance by an actor in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Bacon has been part of casts that have won major awards, like "Mystic River" (ensemble cast -- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards) and "Apollo 13" (performance by a cast -- Screen Actors Guild), but it was the 2009 HBO movie "Taking Chance" that helped him net individual honors. He was nominated for an Emmy (lead actor in a miniseries or a movie) and won a Golden Globe for performance by an actor in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television.